Cebu has a rich, colorful history, and was an important strategic center for both traders from Southern China and later Spaniards who colonized the country. In the pre-Spanish era, Zubu, as Cebu was then called, was already an important trading center serving merchants from as far away as Arabia, China, Siam, Borneo and the Molucca Islands.

The Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, reached Cebu in 1521 and was killed on nearby Island during a battle. The surviving crew members returned to Spain and became the first sailors to circumnavigate the globe. Spanish explorer, Legaspi, returned to Cebu some 30 years later and made the city his capital for the new Spanish colony.

On July 30, 1886 under Spanish colonial rule, the Port of Cebu was declared open to world trade with such significant exports as spices, abaca, sugar, corn, copra, tobacco, lumber, pearls, and native textiles, passing through its port.

The succeeding American colonial era saw Cebu continuing its significance as a major Philippine seaport with chief exports of hemp, coconut oil, copra, sugar, maguey, lumber and tobacco handled through the port.

Formerly a component of the Philippine Ports Authority since 1975, Cebu and all ports within the Cebu City and province were turned over to the Cebu Port Authority from 1992 to 1995. By 1996, Cebu Port Authority was then fully operationalized until today.

Purposes and Objectives

To integrate and coordinate the planning development, construction and operations of ports and port facilities within its territorial jurisdiction, consistent with the needs and requirements of the region;

To enhance the flow of international and domestic commerce passing through or utilizing the regional ports; and

To promote regional development by providing support services to sustain the growth of export and other priority industries in the region.

Jurisdiction

The territorial jurisdiction of the Authority shall include all ports, seas, lakes, rivers and all other navigable inland waterways within the province of Cebu, the City of Cebu, and all other highly urbanized cities which may be created after the enactment of R.A. 7621.

This airport has a tower cab with all the basic radio and meteorological equipment to communicate with the pilot real time ground information like runway incursions and wind direction. To relay as such by text messaging is rather unconventional and will compromise transmittal of information due to the time factor. Maybe the pilot is doing a personal text to the CAAP personnel otherwise the communication may have broken down( which is always possible with underfund airports) and is awaiting replacement, hence the pilot has to do by all means talk to ground staff.

This airport has a tower cab with all the basic radio and meteorological equipment to communicate with the pilot real time ground information like runway incursions and wind direction. To relay as such by text messaging is rather unconventional and will compromise transmittal of information due to the time factor. Maybe the pilot is doing a personal text to the CAAP personnel otherwise the communication may have broken down( which is always possible with underfund airports) and is awaiting replacement, hence the pilot has to do by all means talk to ground staff.

for us it is still a hell traveling at night with the D'turbanada vans. People from Catarman usually travel during night time to save time and lodging in Tacloban hotels. Mahirap kasi maliban sa puyat dahil hindi ka makatulog, pagud ang katawan mo at madalas nauuntog ang ulo mo sa wall ng van. Good that we have now this alternative mode.